I promise that sometime (perhaps next week), I will make some substantive posts, but it being almost Holiday and all I should probably just do the picks before I forget. With each pick I'll put what each team wants in their Holiday stocking.

BUF at CIN: Bills: A new coach. Bengals: Not to wake up from this crazy dream they're having...CIN

PIT at CLE: Steelers: The mid 90's. Browns: A redo on their last 4 or 5 1st round draft picks. PIT

SD at KC: Chargers: The same intensity they had last week in all of their other games. Chiefs: Pick a defensive player, any defensive player. SD

SF at STL: Niners: A new pair of hands for Alex Smith. Rams: Toughness. STL

TEN at MIA: Titans: Their window of opportunity to open again. Dolphins: An explanation for how the hell they have such a reasonable record. MIA

DET at NO: Lions: Another wide receiver? Saints: A home stadium. NO

ATL at TB: Falcons: Michael Vick to play like Madden Vick. Bucs: A QB who can play like the one they saw last week. TB

NYG at WAS: Giants: A QB who's not a big whiner. Redskins: A new nickname. NYG

DAL at CAR: Cowboys: A pair of rollerblades so Bledsoe can move. Panthers: Consistency. CAR

JAX at HOU: Jags: Any opponent besides New England in the 1st round of the playoffs. Texans: The season to blissfully end. JAX

PHI at AZ: Eagles: A top-flight wide receiver. Cardinals: A running back. PHI

OAK at DEN: Raiders: The real Randy Moss. Broncos: Shhh...nobody jinx anything...DEN

IND at SEA: Colts: Anybody besides New England in the playoffs. Seahawks: Someone to pay attention to them. SEA

CHI at GB: Bears: A quarterback, any quarterback. Packers: One more great game out of Favre so that he can go out the way that he should. CHI

MIN at BAL: Vikings: 4 acquittals, 3 playoff dates, 2 more wins, and a lot of help from other teams. Ravens: A new coach. BAL

NE at NYJ: Patriots: Another shot at the Colts. Jets: To never have to see Brooks Bollinger run a 2 minute drill again. NE